Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd is set to invest ₹500 crore in Madhya Pradesh. The company, which has become one of the top competitors in the FMCG market, will be allocated about 400 acres land in Pithampur Industrial area spread over an area of 7,000 acres in Dhar district, and is expected to generate employment for about 700 people.

Opinion

No matter what happens in the US on Election Day, 8 November 2016, and whatever the outcome, the Donald Trump phenomenon must be analysed from two angles: what has produced it, and what could happen if Trump (or someone similar to him) comes to power, writes Sanjay Subrahmanyam in The Hindu. "Trump's rise is despite his unorthodox positions on several issues, and it ruptures the two-party system's ability to subsume distinct ideological strands," he says.

The move to establish the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority is basically a ticket to divert forest land for industrial use, writes Sudeep Chakravarti in Mint. "Prakash Javadekar, during his tenure as minister of state for environment, forest and climate change, oversaw the diminishing of the control of communities over their own land and commons. His ministry did so over the stand of the ministry of tribal affairs, which is the nodal agency for implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Besides establishing a protocol to clear files based on time over content, his ministry also remained mute—indeed, seemingly compliant—on matters that ditched the rights of people," he writes.

Yet again, much before athletes dress up for Rio Olympics 2016, India has managed to look disheveled, writes Sandeep Dwivedi in The Indian Express. "Once again, officials and athletes were busy debating issues that should have been addressed much before the Olympic year commences. It's been the case so often that there is a predictable pattern to this four-year ritual. You know the Olympics are round the corner when Indian sports' problem child, tennis, starts making noises, throws its usual tantrum. 'Who will play doubles this time?' is the question that makes fans cringe. It's that same excruciatingly boring soap opera with layers of intrigue," he says.